Where does “Rotjäwa” come from?

Rotjäwa (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Rot, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Rotjäwa (Plautdietsch): advisor

Definitions

  1. advisor

Ancestry of “Rotjäwa”, step by step

Rotjäwa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Rot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschRotadvice
2Middle Low Germanrât—
3Old Saxonrāt—
4Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
5Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Plautdietsch Jäwa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschJäwa—
2Plautdietschjäwento give
3Middle Low Germangevento give
4Old Saxongevanto give
5Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- →